river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...
in western
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. It is a left tributary of the Sarthe. Its source is in the
Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.department, north of Illiers-Combray. It joins the river Sarthe in
Briollay
Briollay () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Population
Sights
* Jardin botanique de Briollay
See also
* Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of the Maine-e ...
, north of the city of Angers.
It is indirectly a tributary of the
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...
, and runs roughly parallel to it and slightly north of it for much of its length, and so might be regarded as a Yazoo type river.
Departments and towns crossed include
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Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.Illiers-Combray, Bonneval,
Châteaudun
Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War.
Geography
Châteaudun is located about 45&n ...
Morée
Morée () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department
The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France.
The communes cooper ...
Montoire-sur-le-Loir
Montoire-sur-le-Loir (, literally ''Montoire on the Loir''), commonly known as Montoire, is a commune near Vendôme, in the Loir-et-Cher department in Centre-Val de Loire, France.
History
Montoire-sur-le-Loir is known as the location where, on ...
Château-du-Loir
Château-du-Loir (; literally 'Château of the Loir') is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. On 1 October 2016, it was merged into the new commune Montval-sur-Loir.Le Lude
Le Lude () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire, northwestern France. On 1 January 2018, the former commune of Dissé-sous-le-Lude was merged into Le Lude.La Flèche
La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most popu ...
Durtal
Durtal is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 32 km north-east of Angers the department capital.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of the 177 communes of ...
Seiches-sur-le-Loir
Seiches-sur-le-Loir (, literally ''Seiches on the Loir'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 20 km north-east of Angers.
See also
*Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department
The following is a list of ...
Tributaries include
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Ozanne
The Ozanne is a 46.0 km long French river, a tributary of the Loir, which is a tributary of the Loire.
Geography
The river spring is located at Perche-Gouët, Béthonvilliers at 222 m high at le Burail locality in le Bois de Beaumont.
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